With another month gone by, and another vote in the books (and Americans, don't forget to vote for real today!), it is time to highlight your favorite answers of the past month once more.

Once again, the top honors goes to a consensus winner of both the Flair and User votes goes to /u/jimedorje, who wrote about "In Disney's Mulan, how would Mulan have brought dishonor to the remains of her fellow soldiers by being revealed as a woman? And what would it have meant?"

Close on the heels though for the runner-up prize, and no less deserving, was /u/kochevnik81 with their answer to "Did Joseph McCarthy find any actual Soviet spies?".

Rounding out the Answers is the "Dark Horse" award for best answer by a non-flaired user, which this month is bestowed upon /u/fikstor for their excellent response to ""In those days, "surgeons operated in blood-stiffened frock coats – the stiffer the coat, the prouder the busy surgeon", "pus was as inseparable from surgery as blood", and "Cleanliness was next to prudishness"" How would this make sense in the light of the miasma theory? Wouldnt everything reek?".

For October, there were a number of interesting questions highlighted by the 'Great Question' flair, but the consensus favorite by the mods, came from /u/Merandil, who asked "When did Horses become a "thing for girls"?", as well as recieving an interesting answer on the idea by /u/Malthus1.

And, last but not least, for October, we have a special Community-Based Excellence Award shared by a loyal reader and one of our FAQ Finder flairs! First, community member /u/Blackfire853 opened a post with, "I asked this exact question almost two years ago here"...and then linked the thread and the answer. We are so impressed that Blackfire has not only been reading and participating this long, but is enthusiastic enough to draw back on their threads! Wow!

Second, /u/voyeur324 is a fine FAQ Finder in AskHistorians... and, it turns out, represents for us across reddit. Their track record of linking A+ AskHistorians answers and crediting the answerer is kind of mind-boggling, given... well, given reddit.

Blackfire853 and voyeur324, thank you!

As always, congrats to our very worthy winners, and thank you to everyone else who has contributed here, whether with thought-provoking questions or fascinating answers. And if this month you want to flag some stand-out posts that you read here for potential nomination, don't forget to post them in our Sunday Digest!

For a list of past winners, check them out here!